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Job Description

Overview

Talent Corps is currently seeking Commercial / Mechanical Pipefitters for a local client with projects throughout the Houston area. The role involves the layout, assembly, installation, and repair of plumbing systems according to specifications and building codes.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the layout, assembly, installation and repair of plumbing systems.
  • Installs plumbing systems according to specifications and appropriate trade and building codes.
  • Systems may consist of pipes, fittings, piping systems, fixtures and equipment for heating, cooling, gas, steam, lubricating, and sprinkling.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $24/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX, where the middle half runs $22–$30/hr across 65 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 25% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 228 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 131 different employers. 24 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,016 other active welding openings from 540 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (28), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (23), and Zachry Group (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Commercial Pipefitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.